§ 33. Sir R. Glynasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether, in association with the Minister of Health, he will arrange for a re-housing survey to be undertaken, county by county, and for a panel of architects to be available to advise County District Councils as to the siting of new houses in villages and the utilisation of existing buildings, even when placed in Category 5 of the Housing Acts, either for village halls or dwellings.
§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Town and Country Planning (Mr. King)The matters to which the hon. Member refers are mainly for my right hon. Friend the Minister of Health. As to advice on the siting of new houses and the use of buildings for other purposes than dwellings, my right hon. 1950 Friend thinks that the arrangements suggested by the hon. Member are unnecessarily elaborate.
§ Sir R. GlynIs the Minister aware that these houses are not looked at by a qualified architect, but by a surveyor who is not qualified to judge?
§ Mr. KingThe actual houses are a matter for the Ministry of Health. At the Ministry of Town and Country Planning we would be concerned only with the sites.